Νεμήσεις ὑποκριτῶν
allocations of actors
Translated by David Whitehead24 Oct 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
The poets used to take three actors allocated by lot to act in their plays; of these [actors] the victorious one is automatically1 invited for the following year. So [the process] is like distributions.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεμήσεις ὑποκριτῶν· οἱ ποιηταὶ ἐλάμβανον τρεῖς ὑποκριτὰς κλήρῳ νεμηθέντας ὑποκρινομένους τὰ δράματα, ὧν ὁ νικήσας εἰς τοὐπιὸν ἄκριτος παραλαμβάνεται. ἔστιν οὖν οἷον διαιρέσεις.
Betacode
*nemh/seis u(pokritw=n: oi( poihtai\ e)la/mbanon trei=s u(pokrita\s klh/rw| nemhqe/ntas u(pokrinome/nous ta\ dra/mata, w(=n o( nikh/sas ei)s tou)pio\n a)/kritos paralamba/netai. e)/stin ou)=n oi(=on diaire/seis.
Notes (1)
- Photius nu113 Theodoridis and (under
ne/mhsis u(pokritw=n ) Hesychius nu286 also have this entry.
Some of its vagueness is dispelled in DFA [see bibliography below] 93. The context is tragedy at the Athenian City Dionysia, and each of the three competing playwrights gets his protagonist (which is what this phraseology means) at random. - 1Literally, without judgment. ↩
References
A. Pickard-Cambridge, The Dramatic Festivals of Athens edn.2, revised J. Gould and D.M. Lewis: Oxford 1968
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- expanded note — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead